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Public Works budgets for Prop B split and adds crews as vacancies top 20% amid debate over COPs for paving
Summary
Interim Public Works Director Carla Short outlined the proposed Prop B split that creates a new Sanitation & Streets department, described a 21.7% vacancy rate (75 general‑fund vacancies concentrated in street cleaning) and said the mayor’s budget adds 9 enhanced‑cleaning positions plus ~45 temporary corridor workers; supervisors pressed on prioritizing hires and questioned $30M in COPs for paving.
Public Works told the Budget & Appropriations Committee on June 15 that splitting the department to create a separate Sanitation & Streets (SAS) agency — required by Proposition B — will change where administrative functions live and will require new recruiting and operating capacity.
Interim Director Carla Short walked the committee through the reorganization chart she is implementing if the city proceeds with Prop B: three remaining bureaus will stay in Public Works (Building Design & Construction; Infrastructure Design & Construction; Street Use & Mapping) while Sanitation & Streets will inherit street repair, urban forestry, and street and environmental services. The mayor’s proposed budget includes the administrative staff needed to stand up…
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